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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bitter Grounds, and Other People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the young writer upset?
(a) He is trying to write horror but it is not scary enough.
(b) He is trying to write about reality, but he keeps parodying it.
(c) He doesn't want to be a writer and wishes he could be a baker instead.
(d) He is trying to write about himself, but for some reason keeps writing about Amelia.

2. Why does August stop the story before the storyteller can finish?
(a) It is scaring April.
(b) It is too boring.
(c) He has heard it before.
(d) It is not a true story.

3. Why can the narrator not return to fairyland?
(a) He is too old.
(b) He doesn't believe in fairies anymore.
(c) He broke a fairy's heart.
(d) He was thrown out and told never to return.

4. What does June say before October's story begins?
(a) She sometimes feels as if they are being watched.
(b) She doesn't like horror stories.
(c) She would like to be in the chair next month.
(d) She thinks October should wait until last to tell his story.

5. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?
(a) As a professor.
(b) As a nobody.
(c) As a famous actor.
(d) As a zombie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes for the narrator right at the end of the story?

2. Who offers to tell the next story?

3. Why did she come to this house instead?

4. Who are the other three men at the club on the night they tell each other ghost stories?

5. What is scary about the playhouse door?

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